Environment

News Hour: Heavy rain in China has killed at least 24 people and forced 16 million from their homes, state media reported on Saturday. The government of Henan province in central China told the Xinhua news...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun a new round of life-saving relief operations in Malawi where as many as 6.5 million people – nearly 40 percent of the population – may...

News Hour: Several beaches in the Los Angeles area were shut down on Tuesday after nearly 2.5 million gallons (9.5 million liters) of sewage spilled out from a ruptured line, officials said, reports BSS. The spill...

News Hour: Tokyo was struck by a third earthquake in four days on Wednesday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties, reports BSS. The 5.0 magnitude jolt was felt in Tokyo and areas of...

News Hour: A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook Tokyo and large ares of eastern Japan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, reports BSS. The quake hit...

News Hour: Heavy rains and flash floods in Sudan’s war-torn region of Darfur killed nine people on Saturday, the official SUNA news agency reported. The deaths occurred in the town of El-Fasher, the capital of the state...

News Hour: Whitbread was named winner of the ASDA Environmental Leadership Award at Business in the Community’s 2016 Annual Responsible Business Gala in London last week. The event at the O2 arena was the culmination of...

News Hour: The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, will visit Malawi next week at a time when the country is facing its worst food security crisis in decades. Ms....

News Hour: Researchers announced Wednesday they have discovered a ferocious meat-eating dinosaur in Argentina, notable for having short arms like the T-rex but hailing from a different branch of the family tree, reports BSS. The Gualicho...

News Hour: WLE (Water, Land and Ecosystems) is a global research program of international research consortium known as CGIAR (Consultative Group in International Agricultural Research). It emphasizes to work in river basin of trans-boundary rivers such...